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Susan Pease Gadoua, LCSW, CADC

Susan Pease Gadoua is the co-author of The New I Do, Reshaping Marriage for Skeptics, Realists and Rebels (2014), and the author of Contemplating Divorce, A Step-by-Step Guide to Deciding Whether to Stay or Go (2008), and Stronger Day by Day: Reflections for Healing and Rebuilding After Divorce (2010).
Susan is a licensed therapist based in the San Francisco Bay Area with an expertise in helping couples connect, reconnect or disconnect in a healthy way.
Susan has appeared on television, radio and in print, including The CBS Early Show and A View From the Bay, and publications such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, The Washington Post, Psychology Today, Divorce Magazine, Divorce360, The Modern Woman’s Divorce Guide, and Responsible Divorce. Susan writes regular columns for Huffington Post, PsychologyToday.com and Examiner.com.
In addition to her writing and Bay Area private practice, Susan provides client consultations via Skype or phone and teaches therapists about divorce.
As a result of writing The New I Do, Susan now works intensely with couples who want to transform their traditional marriage to one tapered to their specific needs, especially couples who want to transition to a Parenting Marriage. Susan also trains therapists in her Phoenix Method of Divorce Recovery™ and is available to speak at conferences and symposiums regarding The Evolution of Marriage, Parenting Marriages, as well as on the topics of Contemplating Divorce, Emotional Divorce and Divorce Recovery.
For more information about consultations, classes, public speaking or trainings, contact Susan by email info@changingmarriage.com

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Self care is important no matter what is going on in your life, but it’s imperative when you’re going through a major life event like divorce. Along with the obvious care of eating right, getting enough sleep and staying fit, self care during divorce may look a bit different than it might during normal life events. […]

Choice is something we usually take for granted. We get to go to the grocery store of our choice, buy the brands of food we choose and then choose how we want to pay for our food. And that’s just one relatively small example. We make thousands of decisions every day. If we have no choice […]

Devastating, all-encompassing, overwhelming and even traumatic. These are just some of the words that describe the divorce process. It is, without a doubt, one of life’s greatest challenges and most difficult transitions. Getting on the other side of the entire emotional ordeal (which starts well before and ends well after the legal proceedings) can take […]